Every nursing home in Utah has a legal obligation to provide each patient with the highest level of care according to established standards of quality. Unfortunately, many nursing staff will fail to follow the traditional procedures and protocols that can lead to preventable accidents, injuries, and the development of life-threatening bedsores.
If your loved one was injured while residing in Utah County nursing facility, contact the Utah nursing home network of attorneys at (800) 926-7565 now for help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers has successfully resolved many compensation cases just like yours, and we can help your family too.
This long-term care center is a 120-certified bed "government-owned " home providing services to residents of Orem and Utah County, Utah. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
575 East 1400 South
Orem, Utah 84097
(801) 225-4741
Orem Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Orem Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, assisted living options, medically-complex care, respiratory care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $11,053 for substandard care
It is a legal responsibility of state and federal investigators to hold nursing homes accountable if they have violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties include monetary fines and the denial of payment for Medicare services.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Orem Rehabilitation and Nursing Center for $11,053 on June 15, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on June 15, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
The nursing home received thirteen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of Utah Adult Protective Services Website.
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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the Utah Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “did not ensure that residents receive adequate supervision and assistive devices to prevent accidents. Specifically, the facility failed to implement interventions for a resident following falls.”
The state investigators reviewed the resident’s Admission Fall Risk Evaluation that revealed the resident “was a high fall risk.” The resident’s Care Plan addressed the fall risk and provided interventions including anticipating meeting the resident’s needs, ensuring that the call light was within reach, ensuring that the resident or appropriate footwear, and to keep needed items including water within reach.
A Nursing Note documented that the resident “was found in the room on the floor in front of a wheelchair.” The resident “was assessed for pain and injury and transferred from the floor to the bed.” There were no injuries noted, and the patient denied being in pain or having an injury. The nursing staff initiated neurological checks.
A second incident occurred twenty-two days later and was documented in the Progress Note by the Director of Nursing who stated that the resident “was found sitting on the floor in front of a wheelchair in the room. The patient slid from the wheelchair to the floor while trying to propel [themselves]. Physical therapy to do a wheelchair evaluation.”
A few months later, a facility licensed nursing staff member documented in the Progress Note that they heard the patient calling out. The staff member found the resident “lying next to the bed” with a hematoma to the right eyebrow with an abrasion noted.”
Three months after that, another incident occurred while the resident “was sitting in the hallway in a wheelchair. A nurse heard a sound in the resident noted to be in front of a wheelchair on the floor. An assessment was completed in the resident was transferred into the wheelchair and transported back to bed.”
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